This week’s photo challenge suggests we look back on images of 2017 – of course it IS coming up on New Year’s Eve, and that’s what we do, right?  As I looked back, I realized just how many birds were “shot” this year…  so rather than picking a favorite, I’m sharing a wide selection of our feathered friends!

This was posted in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge – “2017 Favorites”.  Click here for more responses!

Dark-Eyed Junco

Carolina Wren

Great Horned Owl

Carolina Chickadee

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Male)

Barn Swallow

Osprey

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Black Vulture

Osprey

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Juvenile)

Carolina Wren (Chick)

Sandpiper

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Great Horned Owl

Carolina Chickadee

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Female)

Bald Eagle

Barred Owl

Rufous-Sided Towhee

Canada Goose

Blue Jay

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Great Horned Owl

Great Blue Heron

Saw-Whet Owl

Mourning Dove

Hairy Woodpecker

Goldfinch

Eastern Bluebird

American Robin

Bald Eagle